The Sun. — London, England, 1810-01-10 00:00:00

~, MAILS. A lt R E -2 Waterford. t)UE--• 4G ottenburgh, 2 Water. ford. OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWP LVE O ' CLOCK. Consols - b 9 ex. div. I Red. Ann. . • 6911 TRE S UN. SOLEM QUIS DICKKE PALSUIS4 AUDZAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1810. ' The French Papers and those under French in fluence have lately given very contradi&ory accounts respecting the number of troops which have been sent into, and are on their march for Spain, These contradictions are very probably intentional, but we have strong reason to believe that BUONArAItTE has recently felt himself under the necessity of; Making some material changes with respect to the description of force which he meant principally to employ in the subjugation of Spain. There can be no doubt that t was his intention to .detach the greaterpart of the i.ontingents of the Confederation of the Rhine into Spain, by which plan a double abject would be at tained—hi:s views against Spain would be, prothoted, and all danger of opposition to, his will in Germany would be removed. But -we have strong grounds for believing thatBUONAPARTE has been under the ne cessity of giving up his plan. We have been fa voured by a Gentleman •who is just arrived from the Continent, and who has lately passed through the territories of some of the principal Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine, with some in teresting information upon this subjc4l. ‘ , He states, that in Bavaria, Saxony, Wirtemberg, and Baden, the People and the Military hare most Une quivocal manner expressed their_dissatisfatlion at the state of abjecl slavery to which they have been reduced by France: The Military have openly ex pressed their determination not to march into Spain to fight BUONAPARTE'S battles, . Asa proof how strong and how gcnerd their feeling,,is, we beg to. state the following faCt, upon 111 c, authenticity of which our Readers may rely. A cores of '2,200 Hessians Lately - received orders to march for Spain, but - before they reached the• Rhine no less than 1200 of them deserted, In con- sequence . of symptoms of disatie.Ction so unequivo cally manifested; BUONAFARTE has determined that the Bavarian, Saxon, Wirtemberg, and Baden con tingents, are not to be marched into Spain. As a confirmation of this statement, we find, from some of the accounts from Bayonne, that a number of Conscripts are marching to the Spanish frontiers ; a species , of force which BUONAFARTE would not em ploy on such service, unless in case of absolute ne cessity. We this morning received Letters and Papers from Bubadoes to the 14th of November. Great preparations were at that time making for the at tack upon Guadaloupe, which was expected to take 'place about the latter end of December„ Admiral 'ICCYCHRANE was daily expected at. Barbadoes,from 11.211 fax, to superintend the naval part of the Ex- Vedititut. Reports of a very unfavourable nature are in cir *dation respecting the last accounts from the East Indies, It is stated that the whole army of Madras is in a tat of mutiny, and that the mutineers have taken possession of Seringapatam and Hydrabad . The King's troops, to the amount of 11,000 men, bad'heen put in motion to suppress them, and re inforcements had been sent from Ceylon and the Cape, for the same purpose. Other accounts, how ever, describe the disturbances as haying been by no means so formidable. Our Readers will find an ample account of - the p . oceedings of the Commort Hall yesterday, in a I..ut - )s::quent pa=., An Aineriaan frigate passed Dover yeStnday, for for the Downs, and took a Pilot, for the River. Sir RICHARD STRACtikN is, arrived in town from Flushing. The gallant Admiral had, ' yesterday, 1.1. n Audience with the Lords of the Adinralty. Sir S. SmITH is about to he employed upon a new xped.i:ion, now in contemplation. INDIA HousE.—Yesterday a Court of Directors -was held, when Capt. A. ROBERTSON w-s sworn into ;he command of 0:e Surat Castle, for' hina dire&. Yesterday morning seven wagger► loads of dollars, from Portsmouth, were safely deposited in the Bank pf England. There were two frigates at the Isle of Bourbon a short time before we•attached it. One of them we took-411c other, Da Cannonieke, had sailed for Europe with an immense booty, the produce of the numerous prizes she and her consort had taken.--- Our cruizers have been informed of her sailing, and we trust will give a good account of her. The Isle of Bourbon, which has surrendered to our arms, has long been a rencle7,vons for French ships of war, which have at times done considerable damage -to.ourlast India trade. Bourbon is an Island in the Indian ocean, about miles long, and thirty broad. It possesses many good roads for ~shipping, particularly on the port;lecn and southern sides. It is ,situr:;te'in long. 55. lat. 22, and has been, with the Mauritius, a most advantageous position for , the armoyance of 9ut g4st India trade. LIRBADOES PAPERS CARLISLE BAY, OCT. 31...--The brig Prosper, diSMESIEd Dn the 1 oth inst. in a squall off St. Croii, has put into that island to refit. On the morning of the 24th inst. the ship Isabella, PERRY, master, endeavouring to work out of Saint Pierre's Road, was driven ashore, by a heavy squall, about one mile north of that town, and is totally wrecked ; and about the same time, the American, schooner Arid, M‘GAuLy master, was driven from her anchorage, and also wrecked. The same squall also threw the ship lilagdaleni BREDE master, on her beam ends, but by cutting away her masts, she righted again, and the. American brig Jefferson was driven ashore by it, and lost. These casualties happened between 2 and 8 a.m. but the squall, or rather gale, did not subside until late in the evening, when the. American schooner Aurora was driven ashore and lost. No-account. had reached Martinique up to the 77th inst. from the neighbouring Islands, of any damage done among them; and although the squall of the 24th prevailed at Dominica, no injury was sustained by any of the vessels at Roseau. His Majesty's ship Eurydice, Capt. BRADSHAW, and schooner Holly, Lieut. TETCHER, with trans ports, having on board the 101st Regiment, 'boned to the West Indies, sailed from St. John's, New- Brunswick, on the 7th Sept.—We' have not yet beard of their arrival in this country. CARLISLE BAY, OCT. 24.—The Swaggerer brig of war arrived 'off the Bay this morning under close. reefed topsails, a strong breeze prevailing from the S. and S. W. preventing her coming to; and keep ing the Irlam (which was to have sailed yesterday) wind-bound. A strong swell prevailing in the Bay, all the vessels ride hard at their anchorage, but 'there is no appearance of immediate danger. On Thursday the 12th inst. the wind setting in from the Southward, raised a heavy swell in, the Bay of Roseau, Dominica, and having changed during the night to the Westward, occasioned such a tre mendous surf in the Harbour, that about 4 o'clock on the morning of the 13th, the American brig Greyhound, TOWNSEND, parted her cables and went on shore ; and shortly after, the ship Susannah, of London, shared the same fate. The surf having don tamed very high during the whale day, it destroyed the ship and a very valuable cargo. On the 13th, the wind having set into St. Pierre's Bay, Martinique, from the S. W. and W. and occa sioned a very heavy scurf, the ship Fortitude, Clpt. WRIGHTSON, parted her anchors and went on shore; her masts were immediately cut away to prevent her strending, and it is conceived that she be may got oft. She had about 401) hogsheads of sugar on board. A small schooner was at the same time likewise driven on shore ; the brig 4lexander was on shore for some tninutes, bet through great exertions was saved ; and the ship Aunny, Capt. SALSBURY ; parted two an- chors, and with great difficulty rode out the^ swell. ..At Trinidad, on the 181 ii inst. a severe gale was alit) experienced, attended with dreadful thunder and lightning, and deluging rain, by which the crops have been tr.gerially injured in , many parts of the I . Elsnd. Four or five small vessels lylog off Fort of Spain were driven ashore, but were got off•,the fol lowing day with but little injury. The American brig George, which arrived at St. Pierre, Martinique, on the loth Sept. with wine and oil, as reported, from Falmouth, England, was discovered some days ago , by his Majesty's brig Pel ter, attempting to get into Guadeloupe; and on be ing, pursued, was run ashore by the trew and aban doned, but afterwards got off by the crew of the Pelter, and sent into Antigua. The brig Amelia of and from Cork for Jamaica, (WHITE, master) is taken by the Thorn privateer, and carried into Guadeloupe. The above privateer Superieure Rose, and another, were all nearly ready for sae cn the 13th inst. The Mars, from London, artived at Dominica on the sth inst. The Manchester pocket sailed from St. Thomas 'on the 3d inst. for Falmouth. • CARLISLE BAT, Nov. t I.—Arrived since our last, brigs Adventure, from Halifax ; and Harmony, from Turks' Island ;—schooners, Fame, from -Bt. Bartholomew. ; Lark, from Nova Scotia; and Ame rican schooner Miton, from Cape de Verdi. Arrived the Ringdove sloop of war, Captain DOWERS, from Martinique, with specie for the army ; schooner Maries, from Nowfoundland ; Dart, from New Providence ; and Swedish schooner Hukin, from St. Bartholomew; and other traders from different ports. DUELLING.—An affair of honotir Wok place: on Tuesday last, near St. Ann's, between Lieut. of the 3d W. I. Reg. and Dr. J—, of the Media cal Staff, which was amicably adjusted by the inter ference of the seconds, - after the parties had each fired a shpt without iffeB. A more fatal -duel, bowever, q9curred on Thursday following, in wbiish Mr. 41.7gitp, a Volunteer in the above wgithent, a young C : entlem3.4 of respearid and mild deport;• ment, and highly esteemed in the garrison, fell a sacrifice to a too - nice punEtilio of military reputa tion, in yielding to this inhuman praaice. On the exchange of a second shot between himself ,ind his advFrsqry, both .fires took effea, bis wounding his opponent in the pistol arm, whose pierced his heart, and he expired on the spot.—A Coroner's Inquest has been held on the body, and a verdi& of " Wilful murder by a person or persons unknown'; returried. His remains were interred yesterday at "St. Michael's Church. • The Swedish people will never efface from their history the disgrace of suffering their late King to be removed from their country, in order to be placed within the power of his bitterest enemy—a King too, whose misfortunes were occasioned by acting up to the principles which became the dignity of the Royal character and of his Country. The people ought at least to have made some intercession to the successor of their deposed Monarch, and to have earnestly desired that he might himself chuse the place of his retreat. How different has been the conduct of the Spaniards ! Though deprived of their Monarch by the basest artifice and treachery, and with hardly a hope that he will not fall a viaim to the cruel policy of the man who ensnared him, they still defend their country in his name against all the power of France and its vassal , states, and will perhaps be still able to secure its independence ; amidst' all the meanness and degeneracy of the European Con tinen t. • • We are sorry to learn that Mr. WEST, the ve nerable President of the Royal Academy, has been sonic time seriously indisposed. This Gentleman has done much 'to promote the Arts of his adopted country, independent of his own excellent, example. It has been justly observed, that BUONAPARTE treats marriage as a mere civil contrail, and does not think it proper to sanction his separation from his wife by any ecclesiastical authority. This omission might be thought strange, since his _spiritual vassals are not less obedient to his rod than any of his secu lar Ministers ; but an appeal to the former might imply that somebody had a will and power in' .his dominions besides himself; and that would be to tally inconsistent with his policy and charader. NATURAL CURIOSITY.—There is _DOW on the farm of Cottage Mains, near Dumfries, belonging to Mr. Robert Edgar, farmer, a black tup, of the Moorland or black-faced breed, four years old, with four horns, two of which are as long as those of other tops generally are, but thin and curled into the sides of the head ; of the remaining two, one is nearly in the middle of the head, standing straight up, the other a litile from it, inclining to the left, or what is callcd the near side in animals, also straight up; they appear to be about eight inches in length, and about two inches in thickness.— There is also an ewe lamb on the farm, with lour horns, which are just beginning to appear. On the night between Friday and Saturday last, a most daring robbery was committed in th:: shop of Messrs. Coward and Co. Silversmiths, &c. in Corn hill. The thieves, by means of instruments, coM pleted a breach through the window shutters, sufli. dent to 'admit a hand, in . spite of the difficultie which presented themselves. The shutters were lined with iron-plate, which, of itself, was deemes a sufficient security; but to such a pitch of perfecp tion have the burglars brought the instruments of their calling, that human precaution cannot guard against them. By introducing their hands, and forcing a wire case, they obtained in watches, silver articles, and light gold, plunder to the amount of 4001. The gang consisted of several persons, who employed themseiveS in pacing the street backwards and forwards ; 'not only by way of guarding against a surprise, but also to make a noise to prevent the instruments at work upon the shutters being heard. At times, where they were occasionally disturbed, the hole they perforated was covered by a sheet of paper painted the colour of the shutters ; so that there apppeared nothing striking to attract the notice of the. passengers, During the several hours the robbers were this employed, no watchman was heard, which is but too common a case under si milar circumstances. The villains were once ob served by a person going to Covent-Garden market, and who knew part of the gang to be housebreakers, particularly a cripple and a drover : but as he after wards explained, it was as , much as his life was worth to interrupt, or even to let it he supposed he knew them. This .man came forward next day, and gave information on the business. It has been since ascertained, that a gang of 40 thieves cf this description meet nightly at a house in the vicinity of Shire lane, where they plan their nocturnal de predations. HUNTING TUE ANTELOPE IN PERSIA.—In Persia thy train up falcons to hunt the Antelope, in the following manner :—They stuff the skin or figure, of that animal, on whose nose they constantly teed these birds, and, having spied an antelope, they let fly two of them, one of which fastens just upon the nose of the creature, who , readily - endeavours' to shake off his enemy, whilst the bird nutters to keep his hold, which hinders the antelope from running, or seeing well before him, and if he happens to dis engage himself from his first assailant, the falcon that is aloof stoops and supplies the place of the other, which inprlediately points up, and keeps ready to succeed his companion if he should be shaken off by the antelope; and thus ,the falcons harrass the poOr animal, and impede his running, till the dogs come up, who Soon make an end of the diversion. On Tuesday last, several agricultural gentlemen, among whom-were Sir JOHN SINCLAIR and General DIROM, inspected the farm of Old Liston, near Edinburgh, under the management of Mr. ALLAN, of Craigcrook, on which they found white turnip, weighing from 40 to b 0 tons per acre, and roota laga from 50 to 60 tons per acre. Mr. AttAN's system of husbandry gave them high satisfaction and in particular, they highly approved of, and re commended his turnip System. They also inspetied a thrashing machine and pair of fanners on the farm, constru&ed by ROBERT CARLAW, at Leny Port, o which they highly approved. Several of the Gentle. men afterwards dined with Mr. ALLAN, and with a social glass, on " Success to the Plough," spent the evening with great conviviality. NAVAL NEWQ. PORTSthOuTtI. JAN. g.--Va me in this day his Majesty's brigs Sophie, of 18 guns, from Chatham; andEspeigle, frow the Eastward. Arrived-'the Edward, CRISPEY, from Lisbon. with 1 - at, for this port; the Ceres, DOBSON, and Ann, REYNOLDS, from Sunderland; Unity, Gan- GORY, for Bridport ; and the Swift, PITT, from Dartmouth. Sailed his Majesty's ship Port Mahon with a con voy for the Downs. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 8.--. Arrived his Majesty's ship. Minerva, Captain HAWKIINS, from Admira l STOPFORD'S squadron, in Quiberon Bay, with two ships under convoy from thence, viz. The ship Ellison, of Hull, HOLDSBERRT, Master, from Que. bac, laden with timber and staves, bound to London, was captured by a French privateer, and carried in to Belleisie, from whence she was cut out some day s since, by the boats of his. Majesty's ship Defiance ; and the Portugueze ship Allegria Constantia, from Rio . de Janeiro,•laden with coffee, sugar, hides, and horns, was captured by a French privateer, and re captured by his Majesty's ship Chtistian the Filth. The Ellison was erroneously statea a few days since to have been a West Indiaman ; and the Portuguese ship Allegria Constantia, to have been from the Isle of France, captured by his Majesty's ship Christian the Mk_ Arrived the brig Devonshire, Rowsu., from St- Johns (Newfoundland), laden with fish and oil, bound to 'Waterford; the brig Ann, LE‘is ; from Lisbon,, laden with salt and cotton, bound to London, put in here by contruy winds. CaMe .down the harbour and anchored in the Sound:his Majesty's ship Pheasant. The Ann, that arrived here this morning, sailed from Lisbon the t nth December, in company with a feet; parted company some days since. Arrived his Majesty's schooner Nonpareil from Falmouth. DEAL, JAN. 9.—Remains the outward hound, as per last: SHEERNESS, JAN. g..—Sailed his Majesty's brigs Peacock and Proteaor. Arrived his Majesty's brig Centinel, with a divi- sion of gun-boats, from Flushing. We perceive that the congregation of a town in Scotland have presented a snuff-box to their Pastor. Perhaps in many other places it would be a more useful and necessary present from the Pastor to kis Congregation.. , It was well for BUOICAPARTE that he had in pri vate passed through the scene of weeping tenderness with his wife, *hen they mutually agreed to sacri fice their domestic happiness for the sake of every future generation of Frenchmen, for if he had dis- played such an excess of conjugal affection and ex quisite sensibility before the Princes, Senators, &c. also assembled ,on the occasion, they might have conceived that a man of so gentle and humane a disposition was unfit for the firm dutes of a Mo narch. Thedocuments relative to America, given in our Paper of Monday, concluded the w ole of the Cor respondence I.vhicli composed the Pre,ident' s M es . sage to Congress. Those relative to France we find, on examination, to be precisely the same which We `inserted several weeks since. AS the landlord of the Hotel at Minera was re turning home from. Wrexham, on Tuesday the 26th ult. between six and seven o'clock in the evening, he was attacked; about a mile out of the town, by two footpads, dressed in dark-coloured jackets and trowsers, who, with violent impreca flung' , repeatedly demanded his money; a ll o f which he told them, he had paid away, e xce p t about two or three shillings, which they might take. On hearing them getting over the hedge, ad joining the road, he had the precaution, being fa voured by the darkness of the night, to conceal his pocket-book, containing bills to a considerable amount, in a private part of his dress; and tne vil lains, after following him on each side Ins horse tot the length of a fie'd, and frequently feeling about his breeches pockets, finding nothing worth taking, at last made otf, without offering him any. further violence. Saturday a Secret Com.nittee was held at the India House, on the subject of the late divatches from India, and at which several Military Officers of dis tinetion attended, with a view to give their opinion on the subject of the differences existing between the army and the Civil Government of Madras. SUlClng.—Yesterday a shoemaker in Petticoat lane, Whitchapel, put a period to his existenee, by hanging himself in his workshop, in which situa-. tion he was found with his legs bent under him, touching the ground, lunacy is supposed to be the cause of the rash aet. -SUICIDE.--A, Coroner's Inquest sat yesterday, at Bell's-buildings, Oxford -street, on the body Char lotte Jane Rusport, an untort•inate dashing woman of the town, who committed suicide on Saturday night. The deceased had been in very low spirits an Saturday, which was occasioned by a disappointment in money, her circumstances being very deplorable. She was found dead in her bed on Sunday morning, with her throat cut from ear to ear. A case knife, which had been the instrument of her death, w as was found clenched in her hand.—Verdict, Insanity. A patent has been la'ely obtained for s , littittg hides, so that each side of it may be manufaCt tired tor t purposes for which an entire hide h a hit hetto, used. The grain side fur coaches, &c. and, t. 1 . 4, pro) side for leathi.l%, Yes' lo se 0 t herifi I lajesl S heriff taken f or the tenth (lits been earn, the ling; COAL teigr Suel Ned tion tvei that ha.,,, frier the and raist as 61: